Roman France
@romanmf.bsky.social
LA-based Video Game Dude | Photographer
Currently @ Ripple Effect Studios (EA)
Previously: Activision | R* | The Optional
Currently @ Ripple Effect Studios (EA)
Previously: Activision | R* | The Optional
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Roman France
@romanmf.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Battlefield REDSEC Official Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Battlefield
youtu.be
Many hair follicles were lost these last four years helping bring this thing to life. I hope you give #Battlefield6, and our new free-to-play BF experience, #RedSec a shot! Crafting the largest map in franchise history was no small feat! youtu.be/rn8k1g3vMDU?...
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have a pit in my stomach the competition for one of the oldest studios is between one of the most dangerous and influential families in the world and a company and CEO openly trying to destroy the theatrical experience
Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix www.theverge.com/news/839813/...
Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix
It’s not over yet.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
have a pit in my stomach the competition for one of the oldest studios is between one of the most dangerous and influential families in the world and a company and CEO openly trying to destroy the theatrical experience
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Surprise! AI-powered web browsers aren't nearly as capable as the industry is promising they'll be, as @vicmsong.bsky.social discovered after putting five of them to the test www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today
For sale: walking shoes? Not with AI
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Surprise! AI-powered web browsers aren't nearly as capable as the industry is promising they'll be, as @vicmsong.bsky.social discovered after putting five of them to the test www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
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I will never understand why an actual movie director chooses to spend his time and energy behaving like a fifth-tier shitposter. (Also, this is a Hall of Fame bad take.)
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
Most filmmakers know better than to publicly torch another director’s film or an actor’s performance, but Quentin Tarantino has never really played by those rules. On a new episode of Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast, where the pair ran through their top 20 films of the century, Tarantino used his praise of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” as a springboard to lay into one of its key performers: Paul Dano.
Continue reading Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’ at The Playlist.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I will never understand why an actual movie director chooses to spend his time and energy behaving like a fifth-tier shitposter. (Also, this is a Hall of Fame bad take.)
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When we talk about video game stories I think there is too much emphasis on plot points and not enough on the execution (writing, lighting/music, how mechanics support and enhance the story etc).
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
When we talk about video game stories I think there is too much emphasis on plot points and not enough on the execution (writing, lighting/music, how mechanics support and enhance the story etc).
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
I’m pretty set on grabbing a Rivian R2 next year but the Scouts are…niiiiiiicce. #LAAutoShow
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I’m pretty set on grabbing a Rivian R2 next year but the Scouts are…niiiiiiicce. #LAAutoShow
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Can’t think of a better advertisement for @nebula.tv than the fact that the top video on the platform is FD Signifier’s essay on Charlie Kirk, which just got taken down on YouTube, even though YouTube had reviewed that much more censored version of the video and approved it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Can’t think of a better advertisement for @nebula.tv than the fact that the top video on the platform is FD Signifier’s essay on Charlie Kirk, which just got taken down on YouTube, even though YouTube had reviewed that much more censored version of the video and approved it.
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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Call your council member
NEW: Julie Menin is claiming victory in the City Council speaker's race after securing commitments of support from 35 of her colleagues, putting an early end to the contest and teeing up potential tensions with incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Story coming shortly
Story coming shortly
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Call your council member
I’m telling everybody I’m Shaboozey’s cousin. PUT ME ON YA NEXT MIXTAPE! 😅
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I’m telling everybody I’m Shaboozey’s cousin. PUT ME ON YA NEXT MIXTAPE! 😅
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Far Cry TV series ordered by FX from Noah Hawley and Rob Mac
"the series will follow an anthology format like the games and feature a different cast and setting each season"
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
"the series will follow an anthology format like the games and feature a different cast and setting each season"
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Far Cry TV series ordered by FX from Noah Hawley and Rob Mac
"the series will follow an anthology format like the games and feature a different cast and setting each season"
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
"the series will follow an anthology format like the games and feature a different cast and setting each season"
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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By allowing this to happen once we enable it forever.
"But when the ire for Yotei eventually fades, Harrison knows it will just be transferred to another game, another group of developers, or another individual. That’s why she wants people to remember what actually happened to her."
"But when the ire for Yotei eventually fades, Harrison knows it will just be transferred to another game, another group of developers, or another individual. That’s why she wants people to remember what actually happened to her."
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
By allowing this to happen once we enable it forever.
"But when the ire for Yotei eventually fades, Harrison knows it will just be transferred to another game, another group of developers, or another individual. That’s why she wants people to remember what actually happened to her."
"But when the ire for Yotei eventually fades, Harrison knows it will just be transferred to another game, another group of developers, or another individual. That’s why she wants people to remember what actually happened to her."
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Luka nutmegged Kevin Love, then hit Jaxson Hayes with a lob!
SHOWTIME!!!
SHOWTIME!!!
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Luka nutmegged Kevin Love, then hit Jaxson Hayes with a lob!
SHOWTIME!!!
SHOWTIME!!!
Lugged my heavy ass medium format camera up a mountain and the iPhone 17 Pro still won out. Tim Apple can’t keep getting away with this!
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Lugged my heavy ass medium format camera up a mountain and the iPhone 17 Pro still won out. Tim Apple can’t keep getting away with this!
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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girl just play the Sims
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
girl just play the Sims
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Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
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The biggest media companies in the world are circling Warner Bros. Discovery for a potential purchase.
awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-...
awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-...
Netflix, Comcast, Paramount officially submit bids for Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount have all formally submitted offers to purchase all or some of Warner Bros. Discovery.
awfulannouncing.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The biggest media companies in the world are circling Warner Bros. Discovery for a potential purchase.
awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-...
awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-...
😎😎😎😎😎
Content - Battlefield 6 produced the highest single month US physical & digital full game tracked dollar sales total in 3 years. The last title to generate a larger full game tracked dollar sales total in a single month was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in October 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
😎😎😎😎😎
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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We need your help! But let me explain why:
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We need your help! But let me explain why:
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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.